Conjoined twins after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and transfer of day-3 embryos

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Mercan, Ramazan ^a   Oktem, Ozgur ^a   Salar, Zeki ^a   Nuhoglu, Alp ^a   Balaban, Basak ^a   Urman, Bulent ^a  

^a AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; Conjoined twins; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; IVF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OVARY STIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; STIMULATION; THORACOPAGUS; THORAX; THORAX MALFORMATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79960624987     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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